Therapy techniques, which are one of the most preferred treatment methods in the field of mental and mental health, are very popular among patients, especially in recent years. There are 2 important methods of therapy techniques. These therapy techniques, which are quite different from each other, are as follows:
- Psychotherapy
- Cognitive Rehabilitation
The first of these, psychotherapy, is a concept that almost everyone is familiar with. This technique, which is applied by experts in the field, should be carried out in a clinical setting. Psychotherapy, which lasts an average of 50 minutes, generally involves a process in which the person talks about himself/herself and the way he/she perceives his/her environment. In this process, it is aimed to make sense of the issues mentioned by the person with structured sessions.
Another therapy method, cognitive rehabilitation, can be used both for specific disorders and in addition to psychotherapy sessions. Although people are unfamiliar with this technique, it is becoming increasingly popular as it is a highly effective and successful therapy method.
What is Cognition?
In order to best understand the concept of cognitive rehabilitation, it is first necessary to answer the question of what cognition is. In order to perceive oneself and the world, a person needs to experience a number of cognitive processes. For example, cognitive functions include everything that is performed in an abstract sense, such as memory, sequencing, changing sets, directing attention, thinking, planning, reasoning and reasoning. Cognitive functions are actively used both in psychotherapy sessions and in the cognitive rehabilitation process.
Cognitive Rehabilitation in Acute Brain Injuries
Cognitive rehabilitation is preferred when the brain is acutely injured. To explain in more detail, this therapy technique is needed when there is a head injury for any reason. Especially after an accident, some cognitive functions of the brain are disrupted as a result of damage to some of the brain's networks due to bleeding. Cognitive therapy is used to overcome such problems.
Also in cases such as right forebrain hemorrhage or tissue damage;
- Do not pay attention
- Controlling your behavior,
- Controlling your emotions,
- Behaving appropriately in a social environment,
- Impairments occur in many skills such as self-expression.
In addition, problems occur in short-term memory and information processing systems. In general, since the brain is a self-renewing and self-repairing organ, it starts to restructure after the bleeding in these areas is cleaned. However, in order for this process to be much faster, support from psychotherapists should be sought. At this point, cognitive rehabilitation is a very effective method.
Cognitive Rehabilitation in Neurodegenerative Diseases
In addition to head injuries, cognitive rehabilitation is often used in neurodegenerative diseases. In these diseases, neurons die and some cognitive functions are lost. Cognitive rehabilitation is needed for the brain to regenerate its neurons.
In addition, this rehabilitation method prevents the progression of the disease. The most common of these neurodegenerative diseases can be listed as follows:
- Alzheimer's disease
- Frontotemporal dementia
- Progressive aphasia syndrome
- Parkinson
- Hydrocephalus
Each of these diseases reduces the quality of life when they progress. For this reason, the treatment process should be carried out with cognitive rehabilitation. Otherwise, problems such as face recognition difficulties, difficulty in remembering acquaintances and memory disorders can become serious. Cognitive rehabilitation and TMS can reduce such problems. Cognitive rehabilitation is a highly effective program in terms of maintaining the health of the emotion, thought and behavior system and its implementation is highly recommended by experts.
What is the Cognitive Rehabilitation Process?
With the methods called transcranial magnetic stimulation, the brain is accelerated or the parts that are too fast are slowed down. During the application process, a magnetic field system is applied to the person's brain and the mole repair process is accelerated. The cognitive rehabilitation process, which takes an average of 50 minutes, is carried out together with a therapist.
The individual sits in front of a computer and plays games that simulate real life. In this way, he/she regularly exercises his/her cognitive functions while thinking about where he/she made mistakes, where he/she is lacking and what strategies he/she should use. Thanks to these exercises in front of the computer, the neurons in the problematic areas of the brain are activated and the recovery in these regularly working areas is accelerated.
Benefits of Cognitive Rehabilitation
Cognitive rehabilitation, which is scientifically proven to be beneficial, helps to repair problem areas in the brain much faster. This leads to the following improvements
- They eat much more regularly.
- They do both physical and mental exercises.
- Becomes much more active in social life.